Health Chapter 4
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- Examples of impulse control disorders
- Klepptomania, gambling,
- obsession
- an idea or thought that takes over the mind and cannot be forgotten
- warning signs of suicide
- Giving away of possessions, talking about future as if not going to be there, same signs as clinical depression, writing or suggesting suicide
- Somatoform disorder
- a mental disorder in which the person complains of physical symptoms, such as pain, when no underlying physical cause can be found
- What are the three main types of eating disorders?
- anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder
- Group therapy
- meet with others with the same disorder
- Risks of bulimia nervosa
- maintain healthy body weight but suffer from dehydration, kidney damage, lack of vitamins, eroded teeth enamel, tearing and bleeding of gums, depression, suicidal
- Hospitilization
- receive therapy in a closed setting
- suicide
- 3rd leading cause of death among adolescents
- What are symptoms of mental disorders?
- abnormal thoughts, feelings or behaviors
- Binge eating disorder
- Eat large amounts of food, excess weight gain and unhealthy dieting, diffucult emotions, withdrawl from relationships, therapy
- drug therapy
- often combined with psychotherapy
- Clinical Psychologists
- Doctoral degree in psychology plus two years of practical training in clinic or hospitals, in some cases can prescribe meds
- hypochondria
- constant fear of disease, and preoccupation with one's health
- Examples of mood disorders
- Depression, bipolar disorder
- personality disorder
- Display rigid patterns of behavior that make it difficult for them to get along with others
- recent experiences
- life experiences that alter thinking
- Psychatrists
- Medical doctors with advanced training in mental diosrders, can prescribe medicines
- Functional
- heredity: genetic predisposition to a disorder
- signs of clinical depression
- Change in appetite, weight gain or loss, changes in sleep patterns, change in activity level, loss of interest in usual activities, loss of energy, helplessness, excessive guilt, difficulty thinking or concentrating, repeated thoughts of death or suicide
- cutting
- self injury, outlet of pain, not trying to kill themselves, starts as impulse but eads to compulsion
- Group B personalities
- overly emotional or unstable, can be selfish and demanding, high value on themselves and little or no value on others: Antisocial personality disorder
- Risks of anorexia
- growth of fine body hair, loss of period, lower body temp, slowed heart and breathing rate, dry skin, lack of essential minerals, causing heart to stop, depression
- Risk factors for depression
- A parent or close biological relative with a mood disorder, major life change, stressful situation, victim of violent crime, previous bout of depression, sense of hopelessness
- generalized anxiety disorder
- intense worry or fear for six months or more; does not have a specific source
- Types of phobias
- animal, natural environment, situational, other
- cognitive and behavioral therapy
- situations objects or thoughts that trigger behavior
- treatment
- Hospitilization: doctors, nutritionists, social workers, psychologists, dieticians
- impulse control disorders
- cannot resist the impulse to act in a way that is harmful to themselves or to others
- anorexia
- do not take in enough calories to maintain life, do not maintain healthy body weight
- Kinds of treatment
- psychotherapy, therapy, medication
- Mental health counselors
- School counselors, youth counselors, pastoral counselors, all work with specific groups
- How to help sucidal
- Never assume just trying to get attention, never leave them unattended, Don't tempt them to do it, don't try and convince them not to do it, listen to their concerns, get help immediately
- psychosomatic illness
- When stress affects the mind and body thus resulting in an actual physical disorder
- Depression Treatment
- Medication-restores normal brain function (prozac), psychotherapy
- Occupational Therapist
- Allows a person with mental disorders transfer into real world by providing training and ways to function in society
- Post tramautic stress disorder
- persons that survive a life threatening event have flashbacks and relive events-causes intense fear and psychological reactions
- What is a mental disorder?
- illness that affects the mind and ability to get along with others
- Anxiety Disorders
- Extreme fear with an identifiable source
- Social workers
- The link between people who need help and those that can help them, accept person and family adjust to life with a mental disorder
- risk factors of suicide
- previous attempt or family history, having both mental disorder and substance abuse disorder, lack of access to mental health treatment, influenced by suicide of others
- Group A personalities
- tend to be cold and distant, cannot form close relationships, absorbed in their own thoughts and withdraw from reality: paranoid personality disorder
- Types of psychotherapy
- Insight, Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy
- Why is it hard to determine if a person has a mental disorder?
- You have to make a personal judgement call
- Is anorexia a personal decision?
- NO. Those who have anorexia do have an apetite and a physical hunger.
- Group C personalities
- often cannot make decisions, strong need for approval of others, avoid people for fear of rejection: dependent personality disorder
- What are four causes of mental disorders?
- Early experiences, recent experience, physical factors, and heredity
- bipolar disorder
- shifting from one emotional extreme to another, also called manic-depressive disorder, alternate manic episodes with periods of deep depression
- compulsion
- an unreasonable need to behave in a certain way to prevent a certain outcome
- cluster suicides
- series of suicides that occur within a short period of time in the same peer group or community.
- mood disorders
- extreme emotions that make it difficult to function well in their daily lives
- steps for dealing with setbacks
- 1. think of setback as an isolated event 2. recognize that the setback is temporary 3. become aware of your "self-talk" 4. Take action
- What types of doctors treat mental disorders?
- Psychiatrists, neurologists, clinical psychologists, social workers, occupational therapist, mental health counselors
- What are the two causes of mental disorders?
- organic and functional
- panic attacks
- When a person experiences attacks of extreme anxiety that come and go for no reason; symptoms are similar to a heart attack
- Early experiences
- Negative experiences as a child that alter perception and thinking
- Kinds of therapy
- Drug therapy, hospitilization
- Possible Causes of anorexia
- lack of chemical that regulates mood, history of troubled relationships
- Phobias
- Anxiety related to a specific source
- Bulimia nervosa
- take in abnormal amount of calories, then ride their food (either vomiting or laxatives): called bingeing and purging
- Organic
- Physical trauma to the brain: tumors, brain injury, infection, toxic fumes, prolonged use of drugs and alcohol
- Neurologists
- Doctors or the brain and nervous system, team up with psychiatrists
- Insight
- Reasons for their behavior